[nabs-l] inaccessibility in the class may end up costing me a passing grade!

[Suzanne Germano]

Hi

Have you tried
ALT+SHIFT+APOSTROPHE to announce comment?
I found that in the doc I have attached.

I am not a JAWS user so it may not work but it cam up in a Google search.

Suzanne

On Mon, Nov 23, 2015 at 11:54 AM, Abby Bolling via nabs-l <nabs-l at nfbnet.org
> wrote:

> I use Jaws, and word 2013. for some reason, I can not use arrows in a word
> document that has comment fields inserted.
> Like I said, I have spoken with my prof at least 4 to 5 times about the
> issue, and written emails 4 times re-stating the issue.
>
> On 11/23/2015 1:49 PM, Steve Jacobson via nabs-l wrote:
>
>> Abby,
>>
>> If there was a misunderstanding of what was to happen, I hope you can get
>> it
>> resolved in such a way as to avoid not passing.  I know that some schools
>> do
>> have a mechanism for allowing work to be turned in late to salvage a
>> grade,
>> but of course that can vary between schools.
>>
>> To say that comments in Word are not accessible might be a difficult
>> position to defend, though.  Which screen reader do you use and what
>> seemed
>> to be not accessible?  You didn't say exactly what didn't work propperly.
>> If your professor said he would send you his comments in parentheses, it
>> would seem that he has some willingness to change to make things go better
>> for you.  When did he agree to do that, and did you follow up to find out
>> why that didn't happen?  It might be possible to avoid a confrontation,
>> but
>> if not, you will need to have explanations ready for the above.  Your best
>> bet might be to ask for additional time because you were not aware of how
>> to
>> handle comments in Word and see if things can be salvaged that way.  If
>> for
>> some reason you can't deal with the comments he has inserted, I would
>> think
>> it would be reasonable to work with someone in your Disabled Students
>> office
>> to make the comments available to you.  There seems to be some gray areas
>> here, but I hope you can get it worked out.
>>
>> Best regards,
>>
>> Steve Jacobson
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: nabs-l [mailto:nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Abby Bolling
>> via nabs-l
>> Sent: Monday, November 23, 2015 11:44 AM
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>> Cc: Abby Bolling <violingirl30794 at gmail.com>
>> Subject: [nabs-l] inaccessibility in the class may end up costing me a
>> passing grade!
>>
>> Hi all,
>> So, I have been having so many problems with my English class in that
>> even with all of your advice, I can not get the comments feature in MS
>> word to work properly.
>> So I have talked with and emailed my professor extensively all semester
>> and we have agreed that he would put his comments in parenthesis.
>> The problem is, he hasn't!
>> I received an email this morning that consisted of him telling me that
>> since I had not turned in any acceptable final drafts, I could not pass
>> the class. he went on to say that I did nothing with the comments he
>> provided which would have made my papers a lot better.
>> I have since emailed his supervisor to explain what has been going on,
>> because I refuse to accept a failing grade because a professor would not
>> listen to accommadations that he had agreed upon in writing, and spoken
>> word many times.
>> Should I push further and harder with the supervisor if I don't hear
>> from him in the next few days? I did get an email back from him saying
>> that he and I could not meet today, but he would look into the situation
>> and talk with my teacher early tomorrow morning.
>> What would you all do in this situation?
>> Also, a few of my teachers assignments are completed on a website called
>> pilot.
>> The conversation boards on pilot are almost completely inaccessible.
>> I can read other students postings, burt I can not reply to them at all.
>> I have tried to inform my teacher of this problem as well. His response
>> was that he was sorry that technology wasn't working, but that I should
>> work with Disability Services more! My problem is I have already
>> informed ODS (several times) about this acce3ssibility problem, as well
>> as the inaccessible of outlook webmail (which wright state uses for
>> their email provider,) and nothing has been done.
>> So where do I go next?
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Abigail Bolling
>>
>>
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