Yes, I'm aware of Word not being accessible, however, my focus is
those students who just need a little help (not low vision or blind,
they qualify for financial support) I really just want to help the
regular classroom teacher who may not now all the tricks and tips.
Cheers, JD
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Jeanette Davies
ICLT [Libraries / Inclusive Technologies]
Catholic Education Office, Wollongong
http://www.ceo.woll.catholic.edu.au/home/jdavies
Ph: 0419994045
Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On 19/09/2007, at 3:36 PM, Dan wrote:
Hello,
One thing I'd like to mention is this. Microsoft Word at this time is
not at all accessible for blind VO users under OS X 4. So unless
you're
running it under windows with Fusion, and a windows screen reader,
blind
student's will not be able to usit at all.
Dan
On Tue, 18 Sep 2007 20:01:19 +1000, Jeanette Davies wrote:
Hi all
I'm after your expertise...
I'm putting together a document for teachers who find themselves with
a student in their class with a visual impairment - in other words no
special training in teaching students with a visual impairment, but
they can help these students by making the student's MacBook more
accessible (without purchasing any software, just what comes with it
(includes Microsoft Word as a school rollout)
I will be typing this up with full details including screenshots, but
will just put the bare minimum hints here. If anyone can add any
more, that would be awesome.
Finder:
View > Show View Options, then Change icon size, change Text size (by
the way, anyone know if this can be increased past 16?)
Desktop background: keep plain
Remove unnecessary items from dock so the icons can be large
Word:
Enable speech toolbar
Increase font size
iTunes:
Preferences > General: change source text and song text to large
iPhoto:
Preferences > Appearance: change source text to large
Safari:
Explain inbuilt zoom
and of course the options in Universal Access
Thanks, JD
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Jeanette Davies
ICLT [Libraries / Inclusive Technologies]
Catholic Education Office, Wollongong
http://www.ceo.woll.catholic.edu.au/home/jdavies
Ph: 0419994045
Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
