[NABS-L] Spanish Class!

Thu Jul 2 03:04:41 UTC 2020

Hi Kendra:
So a few things.
If you’re switching from BlackBoard, you’re probably switching to Desire to Learn, D2L.
D2L is fully accessible so you won’t have anything to worry about there.
A tool popularly used in language classes seems to be McGrawhill’s Connect.
That is fully accessible as well.
As far as textbooks, if any, you should get your textbooks from Vital Source, they are fully accessible.
Language wise you can always add languages to your IOS devices, though someone else will need to tell you how as I’ve only known how to do it on the Mac, and same for JAWS and NVDA, though I know JAWS has an automatic language function that will start automatically speaking Spanish when using a document in Word.
Hope that helps.

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> On Jul 1, 2020, at 22:54, Kendra Schaber via NABS-L <nabs-l at nfbnet.org> wrote:
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> Hi all! 
> In the fall, I’m planning on taking the first class of two years of Spanish classes. I’ve never taken a foreign language class before. I know nothing about accessability, technology, ECT. I’m also going to take it online because my school is still vertual with acception of hands on classes that can’t be taught online. Since English and Spanish don’t require hands on which is unlike science, both my English and Spanish classes will be online and distance learning. I’m guessing that I’ll be stuck using Zoom which isn’t a problem since I’m racking up Zoom hours of experience as the result of Covid-19 anyway. In addition to Zoom, I have Voice Over on my iPhone and probably iPad. I’m supposed to get my first iPad this summer. I also have both JAWS and NVDA on a Dell PC computer. I have a Polaris Braille Sense that’s currently in the shop for repair. I should get it back before summer ends. I also have AIRA which is on my iPhone, also hope to get more of their distance learning services from them. I currently have Black Board but I think my school is switching online platforms. I’ll have to double check if they’re still doing this because I don’t know how Covid-19 related effects are going to impact the technical apps, software and so on with my school. I have YouTube, friends who either know Spanish or have just taken Spanish this last year. I have the usual Google, Drop Box, MS Office home vertion, Outlook, Safari, Firefox, Amazon, the usual book apps, Amazon Prime, Apple T.V., Disney Plus, Netflix and HPO. I also have Sero too. I sometimes use these services in school, pending class content. Outside of Shakespeare, I’ve used YouTube the most outside of in school content that envolves videos. In any case, I have these resources on hand without knowing which one I’ll be using, though probably sure that screen readers and Office Sweet plus internet browsers will be on the top of the list. What tools are commonly used in Spanish classes? What are the common accessability issues that blind students incounter while taking Spanish classes? Also, how would I go about language translation using JAWS 2020, NVDA and Voice Over on the latest IOS? 
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