[nabs-l] accessibility of ebsco databases

[Ashley Bramlett]

Bridget,
We both use that version of jaws.

So, do you mean voice over reads the pdfs from the database?
Interesting. I thought you had to use another format for apple.

What I do is email all articles in my folder to myself. Then, I save them in 
a folder I create for the research articles.
Then, I read what I can, and those I cannot read, I look at with openbook 
and for long articles over say 25 pages, I use a reader.
I find that only readers can skim the headings and find what I need amidst 
the very long text. If its one long document, I simply cannot find the 
headings and sections I need with a screen reader.

I'm glad your apple device works for you.

Are there any other problems navigating with jaws that I did not mention?
I'm wondering if the thesaurus and adding rows are accessible.
I might play around with one database later to find out.

I'm meeting tomorrow with assistant dean of the library.
She knows I'm having problems with most databases and wanted to see 
firsthand what they were, and if she can show me any tricks to navigate 
better.

Thanks for the input.

Ashley

-----Original Message----- 
From: Bridget Walker
Sent: Sunday, January 18, 2015 4:51 PM
To: Ashley Bramlett ; National Association of Blind Students mailing list
Subject: Re: [nabs-l] accessibility of ebsco databases

Hi Ashley,
I have been very fortis ate in my technology selection. I have jaws 15 which 
for the most part works alright with ensconced until I get to the PDFs. I 
use iBooks with VoiceOver to read the articles. This is ok though I wish I 
had access on my computer.
Bridget

Sent from my iPad

> On Jan 17, 27 Heisei, at 10:12 PM, Ashley Bramlett via nabs-l 
> <nabs-l at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>
> Bridget,
> Glad you shared your experience.
> So which jaws do you use? Just wondering because sometimes versions make a 
> difference.
> I use jaws 15.
>
> Have you also found gale databases problematic?
> I definitely have. I cannot click on some of the links. when I click on 
> some of them, nothing happens and right clicking on them with the 
> applications key does not help either.
>
> Since you could not read the articles, curious if you hired a reader. that 
> is what I ended up doing for library research. Not only do I need help 
> with articles, but the books too.
>
> Thanks.
> Ashley
> -----Original Message----- From: Bridget Walker
> Sent: Wednesday, January 14, 2015 1:25 PM
> To: Ashley Bramlett ; National Association of Blind Students mailing list
> Subject: Re: [nabs-l] accessibility of ebsco databases
>
> Hi Ashley,
> I go to college in New York. I have a problem finding the check boxes that 
> say "full text" "peer reviewed" I can usually get to the edit fields ok. I 
> have a difficult time accessing the articles I have selected in my folder. 
> I can get to my folder and go through the list but, like you said, the 
> PDFS documents do not work. I have been tore lying on iBooks but, when I'm 
> in the middle of a paper siting on the computer gets difficult because I 
> can't copy any correct spellings easily.
> I hope this helps.
> Bridget
>
> Sent from my iPad
>
>> On Jan 14, 27 Heisei, at 12:51 PM, Ashley Bramlett via nabs-l 
>> <nabs-l at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> As I conduct research at the library, I run into access issues with many 
>> databases.
>> Not only are the pdf files hard to read with the full articles in them, 
>> but searching poses problems with jaws. When trying advanced searching, I 
>> cannot change the combo boxes from the default And to say “or”.
>>
>> Has anyone had issues with ebsco databases? If so which ones?
>> Another challenge is finding the search button.
>>
>> The head of the library at Northern virginia community college, called 
>> nova for short, where I’m taking electives, is going to send EBSCo a note 
>> about access. But it would be helpful to know other problems.
>>
>> If you are a student in a Virginia college and experience database 
>> problems, please also write me off list. Maybe we can have a conference 
>> call on this.
>> I’d like to hear from other students in Virginia schools so we can write 
>> jointly to Ebsco and tell them the problems and request they fix them.
>> The same goes for other databases.
>>
>> When I asked about research a few  months back, some of you mentioned 
>> accessible databases which you used, but for every accessible database, I 
>> would guess there are 3 that are semi accessible.
>>
>> Thanks.
>>
>> Ashley
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