[nabs-l] My Spanish Lab

[Beth Taurasi]

It's the same with SmartMusic and other lab stuff.  MyLabSchool 
might be inaccessible.  Don't college profs know that such labs 
are bad for blind people?  Certain forms of math lab softwadre 
are inaccessible, which led to a famous lawsuit in Florida.  Two 
of my friend were victims of unsympathetic, and yes, unempathetic 
college professors.  They ended up suing the college and winnning 
the suit.  They settled major.  If the inaccessible ssoftware is 
part of the grade, and if the professor does not show empathy and 
sympathy towards your situation, remind the professor that you 
are blind, for one, and for another, inaccessible software is 
against the law.  I don't mean to be harsh, but I believe 
inversities need to start finding accessible ways to do homework 
for the students.  Ever thought Spanish was an audible thing 
first?  We all pick up language orally, not visually.
Beth

 ----- Original Message -----
From: Kaiti Shelton <crazy4clarinet104 at gmail.com
To: Misty Dawn Bradley <MistyDBradley at gmail.com>, National 
Association of Blind Students mailing list <nabs-l at nfbnet.org
Date sent: Fri, 11 Jan 2013 16:15:30 -0500
Subject: Re: [nabs-l] My Spanish Lab

Hi Misty,

I am pretty sure I used it a few years ago.  If it's the same 
spanish
lab your professor wants to use, (I know we used the same 
publisher at
least if not the same textbook), then it's pretty darn 
inaccessible,
as you've found out.  My braillist ended up brailling the on-line
readings and practice quizzes and stuff for me and I would have 
to
email my teacher my answers instead of doing it online.  Perhaps 
your
professor will let your ds office have access to an account or 
they
can request access from the publisher so they can put the 
material in
an alternate format.

Hope this helps,


On 1/11/13, Misty Dawn Bradley <mistydbradley at gmail.com> wrote:
 Hi all,
 Has anyone used My Spanish Lab for any of their Spanish courses? 
My
 instructor this semester is using it and counting it as 30 
percent of our
 final grade, and it seems to be rather inaccessible. Has anyone 
had any
 experiences of how to get around the inaccessability? I am using 
Jaws 10 on
 my XP computer and Jaws 12 on my Windows 7 computer, and Jaws 
will not read
 the Etext or any of the assignments. Are there any other screen 
readers that
 work better with the Pearson labs? If it is completely 
inaccessible using
 any kind of screen reader, what have you all done in the past to 
complete
 your assignments in this type of lab?
 Thank you,
 Misty
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