[blindlaw] Exam$ software and law school exams

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Chuck
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "ray wayne" <rwayne1 at nyc.rr.com>
To: <blindlaw at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Friday, September 24, 2010 7:49 PM
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
>> > > 631-521-318 C
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>>
>> -- 
>> Kathryn CARROLL
>> St. John's University College of Law 2013
>> 631-521-318 C
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