[nabs-l] PowerPoint

[Misty Dawn Bradley]

Hi Cindy,
Those are good points. Also, if you are going to use any audio or video 
media in your presentation, it is best to set the Powerpoint slide up to 
play it automatically when you get to that slide, as there is no way to 
click on the play video button in the slide independently when presenting 
it. I have come across this a lot in Powerpoints that professors have made 
for the students to study. Usually, I cannot listen to the videos or audios 
in the presentation, because there is no way to click the play button with 
JAWS as far as I know.
Misty


-----Original Message----- 
From: Cindy Bennett
Sent: Thursday, October 17, 2013 4:30 PM
To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list
Subject: Re: [nabs-l] PowerPoint

Thanks Misty!

I would add that although you can make a PowerPoint, it is always a
good idea to have a sighted person look over it. If you can combine
this work with other reader work, then you will save time with the
reader. For example, one semester, I had to make 4 presentations. I
made all of them and then had the reader edit them all at once which
took about an hour instead of having to meet up with him 4 separate
times. I paid for this person out of pocket because it was sporadic
work. However, I was able to get a reader funded for my statistics
courses through the disability office, so if this is going to be more
than a one-time thing, or if you anticipate needing readers in the
future, asking this office or your division of services for the blind
may be a way to get readers funded.

Cindy

On 10/17/13, Misty Dawn Bradley <mistydbradley at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi Juanita,
> Freedom Scientific also has a free training tutorial with practice files. 
> I
>
> don't have the link to it, but I am attaching the downloaded copy in .zip
> format as an attachment to this email, as Freedom Scientific says in the
> bottom of the document that it can be shared as long as Freedom Scientific
> is acknowledged as the copyright holder. I found this very helpful in
> learning Powerpoint, and it has instructions for both Powerpoint 2003 and
> Powerpoint 2007, although the commands for 2007 will probably work with
> Powerpoint 2010 as well, as both are similar. I hope this helps.
> Misty
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: justin williams
> Sent: Thursday, October 17, 2013 12:00 PM
> To: 'National Association of Blind Students mailing list'
> Subject: Re: [nabs-l] PowerPoint
>
> Freedom scientific has a powerpoint tutorial you can take; it costs 30
> bucks.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nabs-l [mailto:nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Juanita
> Herrera
> Sent: Thursday, October 17, 2013 11:33 AM
> To: nabs-l at nfbnet.org
> Subject: [nabs-l] PowerPoint
>
> Hello all,
> I am currently taking a public speaking class where I will need to use a
> PowerPoint as a visual aid. Previously when I had to use PowerPoints in
> high
> school, I would have somebody help me, but now I don't have that help. Is
> it
> possible for a blind person to put together a PowerPoint? If so, how does
> one go about doing this? I know nothing about power points whatsoever.
> Juanita
>
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-- 
Cindy Bennett
Secretary: National Association of Blind Students

B.A. Psychology, UNC Wilmington
clb5590 at gmail.com

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