[blindlaw] Exam$ software and law school exams

[Aser Tolentino]

Hi,
My school and the CA bar use ExamSoft. While I've heard talk of greater
accessibility now, at the time I started law school three years ago it was
not possible to run a screen reader alongside the software; I confirmed this
with the sample test and by speaking to the school's IT department. My
advice would be to request the school forgo your use of the software as a
testing accommodation. The issue will come up again when you take the bar
and could be more contentious then.

Best,
Aser

On Wed, Sep 22, 2010 at 8:47 PM, Kate Carroll
<carroll.kathryn.e at gmail.com>wrote:

> Good evening everyone!
>
> I am looking for some advice concerning law school exams. If anyone has any
> thoughts on my question, i would greatly appreciate hearing them.
>
> I am in my first year of law school. I currently use a Dell Latitutde with
> Windows 7, and ZoomText for magnification and reading. I will have to use
> the software Exam4 for my upcoming exams. I have heard that this software
> will likely prevent ZoomText (and possibly the built-in Windows
> magnification program) from working if I attempt to use them during an
> exam.
> I havent actually tested the problem with the tech guys at the school
> because I need to get a Zoomtext license and right now don't have Zoomtext
> on my laptop.
>
> Does anyone have experience with this Exam4 software, and is a user of
> ZoomText? What did you do to get around this (alleged)  problem? Any ideas,
> again, are welcome.
>
> Thanks,
> Kate
>
> --
> Kathryn CARROLL
> St. John's University College of Law 2013
> 631-521-318 C
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