[Arizona-students] ASU Student

Tue Apr 2 21:39:14 UTC 2013

Thank you for the info. I did not know about Book share.

I have pondered learning to work with speech but I am so used to using my
vision that I don't seem to retain as well or stay awake for that matter
with audio books. I was told if I up the speech rate it would help.  I
think one problem faced by legally blind people is we are only taught how
to use our usable vision but receive really no blind skills that we may
need when we cannot rely on our vision.

During the summer when I am only taking two classes I will probably check
otu working with speech. I think it could work for my biology class but not
calculus. I am just not proficientat audio learning.

I am even slower with CCTV verses large print even though large print is
harder to read.

I am sure my skills will be much more proficient soon I have been out of
the homework and school setting for over 15 years.

On Tue, Apr 2, 2013 at 1:57 PM, Arielle Silverman <Arielle.Silverman at asu.edu
> wrote:

> Hi Suzanne,
> Welcome to the list. I am Arielle Silverman, a past president of the
> Arizona Association of Blind Students (AABS). I grew up in Scottsdale
> and attended ASU from 2003-2007, graduating with my bachelor's in
> biology and psychology. I am almost totally blind, so I didn't use
> CCTV's or large print, but I wanted to ask you if you had thought
> about using a screen reader like JAWS or VoiceOver to read your
> assignments, or if you have thought about getting your books from
> either BookShare or Learning Ally. Screen readers like JAWS are not
> very hard to learn and there are tons of people in AZ who would be
> more than happy to help teach you. I suspect that you will find
> reading is much quicker using speech than it is using print, which
> you've said is getting slower for you. Also, if you get books from
> BookShare (which is free for students), you can get your books in a
> digital version that can be read in audio format, large print, E-text
> or Braille, and Learning Ally provides books in digital audio. I hope
> that will give you some more options to work with. I'm at work now so
> this note is a little rushed, but I'll write again later tonight or
> tomorrow. Best of luck and go Devils!
> Arielle
>
> On 4/2/13, Suzanne Germano <sgermano at asu.edu> wrote:
> > I am already signed up with Disabled Resource Center and they provide my
> > tests in large print and make the CCTV available if I take the test at
> the
> > DRC. In the past I always took my tests in the classroom with large print
> > but I was not sure how much I may need the CCTV so this semester I tested
> > at DRC.
> >
> > So far all the instructors have been very accommodating with things I may
> > need.
> >
> > I will contact you about the AABS meetings.
> >
> >
> > On Tue, Apr 2, 2013 at 1:08 PM, Darian Smith <dsmithnfb at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >
> >> Hello and welcome to the list!
> >>  my name is Darian Smith.
> >>  While I am not from Arizona, I am on this list as regional
> >> representative
> >>  for the aNational Association of Blind Students  where I serve  as it's
> >> 2nd Vice President.
> >>
> >>  Sometimes in situations like this, it's helpful to get connected with
> >> the
> >> disabled students  Office on campus. This can help  you get the
> >> accommodations you think you may need.
> >>  If you are willing to do this (assuming this is something that you
> might
> >> find  useful) You might find that, their backing  might help instructors
> >> understand what you need better.  Sometimes you might need someone to be
> >> a
> >> reader on those tests, sometimes  you might be able  to get them in
> >> electronic format, other times you might need it in braille and they
> >> should
> >> be able to help out with this.
> >>
> >>  I don't know  when AABS meets these days  and how often they meet, but
> >> if
> >> you contact  me off-list i will make sure you get connected to someone
> on
> >> the board who can tell you this more clearly
> >>   Best,
> >>   Darian maybe even
> >> On Apr 2, 2013, at 8:20 AM, Suzanne Germano <sgermano at asu.edu> wrote:
> >>
> >> > My name is Suzanneand I recently returned to school to finish my BS in
> >> > Computer Science after being out of school for over 15 years. I have
> >> > been
> >> > legally blind since birth and I am looking to connect with other blind
> >> > students. I started at ASU in January.
> >> >
> >> > When I last went to school they never did group quizzes. How do you
> >> handle
> >> > those?  I find no matter how many times I say I am legally blind or
> >> > visually imapired and ask if things are described or written bigger
> >> > they
> >> > just don't seem to get it. I have only had 2 group quizzes so far. One
> >> > I
> >> > chose to just do by myself. The other I kinda of worked with others
> but
> >> > mostly just to verify my work.
> >> >
> >> > Now that I am 49 my reading vision with karge print seems to be worse
> >> and I
> >> > use more magnification of ebooks and CCTV but I find that I seem to
> >> > take
> >> > much more time than I did when I was previously in school.
> >> >
> >> > I would also like to talk with others about how to handle career fairs
> >> and
> >> > other things like that.
> >> >
> >> > Does the AZ student group hold meetings?
> >> >
> >> > Suzanne
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