[nabs-l] My Spanish Lab

[christopher nusbaum]

Beth,

I agree with you, but the problem is college professors don't know
that these programs are inaccessible to the blind, nor do the
developers themselves. That's why a great deal of our advocacy work is
in educating the public.

Chris Nusbaum

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On Jan 11, 2013, at 5:29 PM, Beth Taurasi <denverqueen1107 at comcast.net> wrote:

> 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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