[nfbcs] certiport test centers

[Kevin]

The software must be redesigned.  End of story.



On 7/27/2018 12:33 PM, Bryan Schulz via nfbcs wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Obviously they don't know the  process.
> Yes, double time is allowed.
> All the assistant does is read the task and make sure the focus is in the
> top part of the screen.
> Then you complete the task and you tell the person to hit submit then next.
> This still doesn't solve the issue of inaccessible software for 14 years.
> Bryan Schulz
>
>
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> From: nfbcs <nfbcs-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf Of Jim Fettgather via nfbcs
> Sent: Friday, July 27, 2018 11:06 AM
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> Cc: Jim Fettgather <jfettgather at alphapointe.org>
> Subject: Re: [nfbcs] certiport test centers
>
> Hello, I have found a new wrinkle in this whole Certiport testing center
> accommodations process.
>
> I have spent an hour on the phone, with two different representatives.
> A person with a visual disability is allowed the following three
> accommodations:
> Twice the time limit, extended from 50 minutes to 100 minutes.
> A Reader, a designated individual to read the questions from the screen.
> A Recorder: Another designated individual to perform the tasks as instructed
> by the test taker.
>
> How the heck is that supposed to work?
> Is the test taker instructing the recorder to use hotkeys to complete tasks,
> or to use point and click methods?
> In other words, no one knows anything about whether it is even possible to
> install a screen reader on any test center computer.
> They literally do not know, and I am still trying to contact individuals
> through accessibility channels at Certiport to see if they know anything
> about screen readers, and so far, I have come up empty.
> Thanks.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nfbcs <nfbcs-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf Of Bryan Schulz via nfbcs
> Sent: Friday, July 27, 2018 10:17 AM
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> Cc: Bryan Schulz <b.schulz at sbcglobal.net>; blindlaw at nfbnet.org
> Subject: [nfbcs] certiport test centers
>
> Hi,
>
>   
>
> Certiport is the company that allows people to take Microsoft office exams.
>
> The only way to pass the exams if you need jaws are with the assistance of
> another person with vision clicking the mouse because of the simulated
> environment.
>
> The exam simulates word or excel and you perform the task in the top two
> thirds of the screen and the question/task and submit/next buttons are in
> the lower third of the screen.
>
> When the testing center allows this accommodation, does that protect
> certiport from legal action?
>
> Has the cs division ever considered this issue?
>
> Bryan Schulz
>
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>
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