[nfbcs] certiport test centers

[Bryan Schulz]

Hi,

So who is going to start the ball rolling?
I don't remember any discussion on this list, from this division, or up the chain.
Bryan Schulz


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Subject: Re: [nfbcs] certiport test centers

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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> nfbcs
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> 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.
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> 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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