Good day everyone I am currently with my third federal government department. I am using Window-eyes, however our system might be some what different. There is no government standard with respect to what adaptive technology is to be used. The responsibility lies with the person needing to use the technology to determine what works best for the job that needs to be done.
The advantage is that I am able to decide what tools I need to hold up my end of the job description. The downside is that I need to do more work to make sure that I select the best options in order to get the job done. Some people may not have the time, resources, or familiarity to research what is available. Last week I was at a meeting with the provincial government representatives and I shared my reasons why I feel a standard for adaptive technology may not be in the best interests of their employees. In my experience the best results come from looking at what needs to be done, then selecting the best tools to accomplish the tasks. Our national service provider for people with a vision impairment has an internal standard with respect to text to speech, magnification, and scanning. They know that I am OK with them selecting an internal internal suite of applications. They also know that I do not agree with them pushing their organizational standards on to their clients. Their one size fits all approach is too costly, restrictive, ineffective, and leaves people with the impression that they are receiving some form of compensation based on sales. It doesn't matter if this is true or not, because as we all know perception is reality. Vic Pereira Infrastructure Operations | Operations des TI Shared Services Canada | Industry Canada | Services partagés Canada | Industrie Canada Service, Innovation, & Value | Service, Innovation, & Rentabilité 400 St Mary Avenue, Winnipeg MB R3C 4K5 | 400, avenue St Mary, Winnipeg MB R3C 4K5 [email protected] Telephone | Téléphone 204-983-0653 Facsimile | Télécopieur 204-984-4205 Government of Canada | Gouvernement du Canada If you reply to this message it will be delivered to the original sender only. If your reply would benefit others on the list and your message is related to GW Micro, then please consider sending your message to [email protected] so the entire list will receive it. GW-Info messages are archived at http://www.gwmicro.com/gwinfo. You can manage your list subscription at http://www.gwmicro.com/listserv.
