[blindlaw] Exam$ software and law school exams
John Ramsey
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Sat Sep 25 19:18:49 UTC 2010
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From: blindlaw-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blindlaw-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
Behalf Of Steve P. Deeley
Sent: Saturday, September 25, 2010 1:28 PM
To: NFBnet Blind Law Mailing List
Subject: Re: [blindlaw] Exam$ software and law school exams
Sounds reasonable.What type of law do you practice? Do you work on your
own or have in a large firm?
Steve
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From: "John Ramsey" <joramsey at cox.net>
To: "'NFBnet Blind Law Mailing List'" <blindlaw at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Saturday, September 25, 2010 10:46 AM
Subject: Re: [blindlaw] Exam$ software and law school exams
>I requested the extra time and that was basically the amount arrived at
>for previous blind students. I also had the same amount of time during
>law school exams.
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: blindlaw-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blindlaw-bounces at nfbnet.org]
> On Behalf Of Steve P. Deeley
> Sent: Saturday, September 25, 2010 10:44 AM
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> Subject: Re: [blindlaw] Exam$ software and law school exams
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>
> Good for you? How was the extra amount of time period arrived at?
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "John Ramsey" <joramsey at cox.net>
> To: "'NFBnet Blind Law Mailing List'" <blindlaw at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Saturday, September 25, 2010 9:17 AM
> Subject: Re: [blindlaw] Exam$ software and law school exams
>
>
>>I had a two day bar exam and was granted time and a half as an
>>accommodation, but I did not actually use all of the time provided
>>because I had an excellent reader.
>>
>>
>> John A. Ramsey Jr., P.A.
>>
>> P.O. Box 6063
>>
>> Gainesville, FL 32627
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>> Phone: (352) 505-6642
>>
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>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: blindlaw-bounces at nfbnet.org
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>> On Behalf Of ray wayne
>> Sent: Friday, September 24, 2010 10:50 PM
>> To: blindlaw at nfbnet.org
>> Subject: Re: [blindlaw] Exam$ software and law school exams
>>
>>
>> Back in my day we had two twelve hour days, three if we were taking
>> too states at a time, or California. And we started at 6:00 in the
>> morning and went until 6:00 at night. And that's the way it was, and
>> we liked it! We loved it! Smile! Grumpy Old Blind Man
>> PS: based on and old Saturday Night Live sketch.
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: Blaine Deutscher <b.m.deutscher at sasktel.net>
>> To: NFBnet Blind Law Mailing List <blindlaw at nfbnet.org>
>> Date: Thursday, Sep 23, 2010 8:57:13
>> Subject: Re: [bllaw] Exam$ software and law school exams
>>
>>>
>>>
>>> I'm not sure what it's like in the sattes but isn't the bar a two
>>> day process? do blind people get time and a half to write the exam
>>> or how does
>>
>>> that work? It's something to look into now as I'm always trying to
>>> make lives better for future students so if I speak with the law
>>> school in Saskatchewan they might have some blind people before me
>>> that have gone through and whatever system they used worked. I know
>>> some people will say "blind people before you went through without
>>> technology so what did they do?" My response to that is yes they did
>>> but now that technology is there and we are using it more exams
>>> should be easier to take. I'm waiting for
>> the
>>> day that a blind person can keep up with his classmates with the
>>> four courses or whatever it takes to be done the same time that they
>>> are.
>>>
>>> Blaine
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: "Kate Carroll" <carroll.kathryn.e at gmail.com>
>>> To: "NFBnet Blind Law Mailing List" <blindlaw at nfbnet.org>
>>> Sent: Thursday, September 23, 2010 6:52 AM
>>> Subject: Re: [bllaw] Exam$ software and law school exams
>>>
>>>
>>> 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 Exambled 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 Exambled 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
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