[nabs-l] Google sketchup accessible?

[Chris Nusbaum]

Sean,

I just took Foundations of Tech last semester and we used a similar program.
I have not heard of or played with any accessible CAD drawing program.
Moreover, I would imagine that CADs wouldn't be accessible because they're
based primarily on images which would be unreadable for a screen reader. In
my FOT class, however, the vast majority of projects were done in groups of
two at the very least, whether we were using a CAD or not. Since the CAD
programs we were using were inaccessible and JAWS wasn't installed on any of
the classroom computers, I left the computer stuff to my partner(s) and
provided ideas on improving our design, asking my partner(s) to describe
what they saw after adding my idea to the CAD drawing. This is certainly not
ideal, but it was a workaround which worked for me.

HTH,

Chris

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From: nabs-l [mailto:nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Shawn Abraham
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Hi all,
I'm taking a Foundations of Tech class this year, and we are now using
Goegle sketchup, a three-demensional model drawing tool.  
Does anyone know if this is accessible, though I don't think so, or of any
similar pregrams that might be accessible? With the program, you can, for
example, make a house or other object and then view it from all angles.
Thanks if you can help!

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