[nabs-l] waver

[Ashley Bramlett]

Josh,
Sorry to be blunt but your ideas seem like dreams.  Do you think your voc 
rehab agency will buy you a different screen reader for one class?  I highly 
doubt it because budgets are tight and its not cost effective to buy 
something you'll use three months.  Any adaptive technology purchase has to 
be justifiable and related to your employment goal.
Next for the companies to script their screen readers and make them 
accessible its a large undertaking and will not happen in the time you need 
it to.  Even if you take a semester off as you said you would, do you think 
the companies will be ready?  Did you ask them the time frame of the 
scripting process?
If MS project is graphical it may not be something that is rendered 
accessible; some software is just not.
Also there needs to be a large demand for this.  Are many blind people 
needing Ms project and made the request? I have no idea.

Rather than getting a waver, I suggest some things.  Hire a reader to help 
you; get a course substitution for the class.  Could you use another program 
to accomplish the same goals of the class?

Anyway, good luck figuring this out but I don't think asking companies to 
script their software, and expecting it to be ready soon is a realistic 
idea.

Ashley
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Josh Kennedy" <jkenn337 at gmail.com>
To: <nabs-l at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Sunday, January 09, 2011 2:13 PM
Subject: [nabs-l] waver


> Hi
>
> I used to think I would need a waver for this project management class. 
> You see if I can get gwmicro or serotek or both to make their readers 
> accessible, great. if not, I will get voc rehab to get me supernova. 
> supernova is the only screen reader which makes ms-project2007 and 2010 
> accessible.
>
> Josh
>
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