[blindlaw] Exam$ software and law school exams

Kate Carroll carroll.kathryn.e at gmail.com
Thu Sep 23 12:52:45 UTC 2010


Thank you Aser. I was not aware that I might be going through the exact same
thing with the Bar.

Kate

On Thu, Sep 23, 2010 at 1:28 AM, Aser Tolentino <agtolentino at gmail.com>wrote:

> 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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