[humanser] Excess ability question regarding JavaScript and electronic medical record

[Beth Lpc]

Hi,

Any suggestions for reasonable accommodations would be helpful. My biggest fear is that they will think I cannot do the job because we cannot make the software accessible. And my fear is also there is no technology to make it accessible. It Is old software. Thus, I think I will need a reader and Scribe or  some other reasonable accommodationto do my job.



Thanks,
BethSent from my iPhone

> On Oct 5, 2014, at 11:23 PM, Dr. Mary Chappell <mtc5 at cox.net> wrote:
> 
> Beth,
> My email has been down so, I am just seeing this. I would like to share with
> you my most recent experiences with electronic medical records and what my
> employer agreed to do to allow me to complete my documentation and access
> records. I am currently going through training with the new scripting, JAWS
> and Kurzweil. It is pretty incredible to access the many forms that are
> completed daily for patient interaction and, while I waited nearly 4 years
> to attain this accessibility, I trust that with time and attention, I will
> be able to document in the fullest manner. If I can be of assistance please
> let me know and I can let you know how the "reasonable accommodations" came
> into being. 
> 
> Genuinely,
> Mary Tatum Chappell, Psy. D.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: humanser [mailto:humanser-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of David
> Andrews via humanser
> Sent: Sunday, October 05, 2014 9:41 PM
> To: Bet LPC; Human Services Division Mailing List
> Subject: Re: [humanser] Excess ability question regarding JavaScript and
> electronic medical record
> 
> There are not black and white answers to some of the questions you 
> ask.  For example does X work with javascript.  It will depend on how 
> the javascript was written, possibly on the framework used for 
> development etc.  And ... the problems could be with java, not javascript.
> 
> All you can do is test with different screen readers.   This is what 
> assistive technology specialists do.
> 
> I have heard that some people are able to read screens using the new 
> version of the KNFB-Reader on the iPhone, but I would guess that this 
> works for occasional access, I doubt it would be good enough, or easy 
> enough for regular and constant use.
> 
> Dave
> 
> At 06:00 PM 10/2/2014, you wrote:
>> Hello all,
>> I have recently accepted a job offer at a community mental health 
>> agency. I went down today to test jaws with their electronic medical 
>> system. It turns out that their system is written in Java script. I 
>> believe cobalt and Java were also used. The problem is the jaws will 
>> read none of the screens on their electronic medical record system. 
>> My question: is there any screen reading software out there that 
>> will work with JavaScript? My other option is a reasonable 
>> accommodation is to ask for a reader scribe to help with reading 
>> electronic charts and documentation. Along the same lines, I know 
>> that sharp desk will extract text from images. Is there any kind of 
>> software that might be able to extract the text from the JavaScript 
>> screen or any kind of iPhone app I can read the screen with. I know 
>> I'll still need help documenting the least I could try to read the 
>> charts  that way.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Any help would be appreciated.
>> Thank you,
>> Beth Sent from my iPhone
> 
>         David Andrews and long white cane Harry.
> E-Mail:  dandrews at visi.com or david.andrews at nfbnet.org
> 
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