[nfbcs] Looking into taking Microsoft Access

[Steve Jacobson]

Robert,

Originally, you asked about accessible textbooks.  I think your question here is different and deserves a more direct answer.  It is, I think, safe to say that 
Access 2007 does work with JFW, but that it is a bit more difficult to use when developing databases.  If you take the class with the idea that you might 
have to get a little help with some screens to learn the particular feature of Access being studied, you will be all right.  I have frankly always taken that 
approach to a class, that I want to spend the time learning the software rather than testing the limits of a screen reader, knowing that if I know the 
software I can go back and try to smooth some of the rough edges with my screen reader later.  Still, from what I've seen with Window-Eyes and read from 
others, you should be able to do most of your debelopment with JFW even if there is a bit of a learning curve.  I think Access is one of those programs that 
is much more intuitive visually than it is with a screen reader.

Best regards,

Steve Jacobson

On Fri, 12 Nov 2010 23:26:03 -0600, Robert Jaquiss wrote:

>Hello Joe, Steve andBeth:

>     Thank you for the information. The situation is that I need to pick out 
>classes for next term. One of my choices is a class on Access 2007. This is 
>a self-paced course. there is no instructor. The students get a book that 
>has lots of exercises in it. By the time the student is done, he/she will 
>have learned a good deal of Access 2007. The bad thing about these courses 
>is that the computerized tests are totally inaccessible. The school worked 
>around this when I took the Excel class. My main concern was whether JAWS 
>could be used with Access 2007. Thanks for the answers.

>Regards,

>Robert


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