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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Thanks. I’ll be meeting with the student and instructor this afternoon and I’ll hsare this with them as well.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Robert Lee Beach<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Assistive Technology Specialist<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Kansas City Kansas Community College<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>7250 State Avenue<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Kansas City, KS 66112<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>913-288-7671<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>rbeach@kckcc.edu<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Catherine M. Stager Kilcommons<br><b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, November 08, 2011 11:49 AM<br><b>To:</b> Access Technology Higher Education Network<br><b>Subject:</b> [Athen] RE: MAC accessibility for music<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Hi Robert,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>I have come across this issue several times and did find a google group for Pro Tools Accessibility: <a href="http://groups.google.com/group/ptaccess">http://groups.google.com/group/ptaccess</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>This is a great place for your student to ask questions and get some answers.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Best regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Cath <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><a name="_MailEndCompose"></a><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> <a href="mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu">athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu</a> <a href="mailto:[mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu]">[mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu]</a> <b>On Behalf Of </b>Robert Beach<br><b>Sent:</b> Monday, November 07, 2011 10:19 AM<br><b>To:</b> Access Technology Higher Education Network (<a href="mailto:athen-list@u.washington.edu">athen-list@u.washington.edu</a>)<br><b>Subject:</b> [Athen] MAC accessibility for music<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Hi all,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I have a visually impaired student going into audio engineering. He has some limited perifial vision and can do okay with enlarged graphics. He doesn’t know print well enough to read it effectively.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Our biggest concern is the Mac computers he will need to use for the audio recording software. We will be meeting with one of the instructors from the program tomorrow to see how well the built-in magnifier works for him. We’ll also try Voice Over to see if it will read enough of the text to be effective.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Do any of you have any other ideas that we could try to make the Macs and the audio software accessible? I’m all ears!<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Thanks.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Robert Lee Beach<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Assistive Technology Specialist<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Kansas City Kansas Community College<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>7250 State Avenue<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Kansas City, KS 66112<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>913-288-7671<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="mailto:rbeach@kckcc.edu">rbeach@kckcc.edu</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>