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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>Hi,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I can understand Blackboard having issues with a screen reader. The original post said the person was using Zoom Text, I am a little confused what issues are they having using Zoom Text?<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Steve Cook<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b>From:</b> NFBP-Talk <nfbp-talk-bounces@nfbnet.org> <b>On Behalf Of </b>ken Quinn via NFBP-Talk<br><b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, July 22, 2020 7:47 PM<br><b>To:</b> NFB of Pennsylvania Talk, state list <nfbp-talk@nfbnet.org><br><b>Cc:</b> ken Quinn <cj3639@hotmail.com><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [NFBP-Talk] Question re accessibility of online courses<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> Hi, <o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>When I last used blackboard with Jaws it worked well for me. I had some accessibility issues but it was because not of blackboard but because of an error that was in the college system. My tech department saw what it was and fixed it then there was no longer an issue.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Ken <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><br><br><o:p></o:p></p><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><div><p class=MsoNormal>On Jul 22, 2020, at 7:41 PM, Michelle McManus via NFBP-Talk <<a href="mailto:nfbp-talk@nfbnet.org">nfbp-talk@nfbnet.org</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif'>Hi Jan,<br>I know that blackboard does have some accessibility issues. Email me and we can talk about what I do know.<br>Michelle<br><br><br><br>Sent from my iPhone<br><br style='caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-variant-caps: normal;text-align:start;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><br></span><o:p></o:p></p><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif'>On Jul 22, 2020, at 7:35 PM, Jan Lattuca via NFBP-Talk <<a href="mailto:nfbp-talk@nfbnet.org">nfbp-talk@nfbnet.org</a>> wrote:<br><br></span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'></span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif'>Hi, all. I spoke with a blind guy today who had been trying to<br>complete a counseling course online, but the testing system, which he<br>called Blackboard, appeared incompatible with his Zoom Text.<br>Apparently BVS did attempt to help him, but without success. I asked<br>if he'd tried a screen reader such as NVDA, and he said he hadn't; but<br>I'm wondering if any of you are aware of Blackboard and of its<br>accessibility of lack thereof.<br><br>Thanks for any input or suggestions.<br><br>Jan Lattuca<br><br>_______________________________________________<br>NFBP-Talk mailing list<br><a href="mailto:NFBP-Talk@nfbnet.org">NFBP-Talk@nfbnet.org</a><br><a href="http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nfbp-talk_nfbnet.org">http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nfbp-talk_nfbnet.org</a><br>To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for NFBP-Talk:<br><a href="http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nfbp-talk_nfbnet.org/michelleandremy%40gmail.com">http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nfbp-talk_nfbnet.org/michelleandremy%40gmail.com</a><o:p></o:p></span></p></blockquote><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif'><br>_______________________________________________<br>NFBP-Talk mailing list<br></span><a href="mailto:NFBP-Talk@nfbnet.org"><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif'>NFBP-Talk@nfbnet.org</span></a><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif'><br></span><a href="http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nfbp-talk_nfbnet.org"><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif'>http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nfbp-talk_nfbnet.org</span></a><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif'><br>To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for NFBP-Talk:<br></span><a href="http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nfbp-talk_nfbnet.org/cj3639%40hotmail.com"><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif'>http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nfbp-talk_nfbnet.org/cj3639%40hotmail.com</span></a><o:p></o:p></p></div></blockquote></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></div></body></html>