[nfbcs] certiport test centers

[Kevin]

I'd be happy to launch this investigation.



On 7/27/2018 3:32 PM, Bryan Schulz via nfbcs wrote:
> 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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> Sent: Friday, July 27, 2018 12:26 PM
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> Subject: Re: [nfbcs] certiport test centers
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> 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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>> 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-----
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>> nfbcs
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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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