Posted on October 20, 2008 by skillkick
My organisation produces study material in HTML; sign language video / dvd / webcast; audio provided on cd/dvd/podcast; powerpoint; electronic format by PDF/word/rtf; book format and talking book; Braille; large print and giant print. Any student may require the study material in a different format – not just those who have an impairment or are [...]
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Posted on October 19, 2008 by skillkick
Accessible Format 1 = Assistive technologies
Positive Features = Assistive technologies can make text accessible. Assistive technologies typically magnify print, verbalize text aloud in synthetic speech or from a recording, or give the user access to braille.
Negative Features = Assistive technologies cannot render graphics or graphical images in meaningful ways without textual information or representations [...]
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Posted on October 14, 2008 by skillkick
I find working with audio to be so helpful – although as Natasha talked about in the case study – it is not always practical if you are working in an open-air office or there is a lot of background noise.
I am a fast typist (100 words a minute) so audio for me is [...]
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