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<b>On Behalf Of </b>Liza Eldred<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, June 09, 2015 1:21 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Access Technology Higher Education Network<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Athen] Programs for people with low-vision<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI","sans-serif"">He is using DNS because he cannot type out his essays. 
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI","sans-serif"">He can verbally express himself better through dictation and having DNS transcribe it for him.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI","sans-serif"">I was just wondering if there was any other technology out there that does a similar job as DNS.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt">I'm curious why DNS is regarded as a solution for someone with low vision. Why isn't the person using screen magnification such as ZoomText? That also is an pretty good reading tool when it works.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt">On Tue, Jun 9, 2015 at 8:38 AM, Liza Eldred <<a href="mailto:CherniwchanL@macewan.ca" target="_blank">CherniwchanL@macewan.ca</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI","sans-serif"">Does anyone know of any alternative programs to Dragon Naturally Speaking for someone who has low-vision? Plus the student that
 I'm working with cannot read so having Dragon read the text back to him for proofreading is a very lengthy process.
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