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<p class="MsoNormal">One of my blind students who takes online courses just purchased<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"> MyLab IT with Pearson eText -- Access Card -- for GO! with Office 2016<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">From VitalSource because he believed their marketing about how accessible they are.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Pearson’s product page is here:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"> <a href="https://www.pearson.com/us/higher-education/product/Gaskin-My-Lab-IT-with-Pearson-e-Text-Access-Card-for-GO-with-Office-2016/9780134497914.html">
https://www.pearson.com/us/higher-education/product/Gaskin-My-Lab-IT-with-Pearson-e-Text-Access-Card-for-GO-with-Office-2016/9780134497914.html</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">He didn’t rent it, he bought the ebook along with the access to the accompanying MyLab. He paid their full price.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">The student says The book is full of images. Learning Ally has the previous edition with all images described, but it was part of a series named “GO” and not “For Go” and was not connected with the MyLab product, so I’m not sure if that’s
going to help him. I downloaded and listened to the Learning Ally edition; it’s a very visual way of teaching.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Office 2013 and 2016 are close enough that it shouldn’t be a problem for a beginner, but I see a host of issues here:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><![if !supportLists]><span style="mso-list:Ignore">1.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span><![endif]>These textbooks typically have you clicking everywhere, rarely employing keystrokes. You’re supposed to make your screen match the one pictured.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><![if !supportLists]><span style="mso-list:Ignore">2.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span><![endif]>The Mylab we’ve seen for accounting and math wasn’t that accessible. Can the one for I.T. be much different?<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I’m not sure what my responsibility is here. I can scream that the curriculum isn’t accessible, but who would I talk to – it’s an online course taught by an adjunct instructor. I should at least try to get the student a refund, but I only
suspect it’s inaccessible now from previous experience; I’m not positive. And I do not have a way to describe the multiplicity of images in the book, even if I did have a print edition.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">I am aware of Benetech’s diagram project but it’s not set up to describe images in an entire textbook on short notice.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">I’m getting tired of these for-proffit vendors who claim their products are accessible when they are not.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Have any of you seen this textbook and have thoughts about how I should proceed?<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">--Debee<o:p></o:p></p>
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