Hello Susan,

In addition to screen readers you should be aware of a different approach
to accessing text, exemplified by our WordAloud program.  A free
evaluation copy is available for download from our website:
   http://www.cloudworld.co.uk
In this approach, text is read directly from a computer file or web
page; whereas in the screen reader approach the screen reader has to
interpret what an application has thrown up on the screen.  Our
approach allows for a much simpler program to operate, so there
is not the staff training problem that often exists in libraries.
And the program is not expensive, like most screen readers.

(I know of several UK libraries that have acquired expensive equipment for
visually impaired users, but have not had the funds to train the staff to
use the equipment, so it has been gathering the dust in a corner.)

BTW, clients who like WordAloud can purchase a personal copy for $44.95.
The price for a library site license is typically around $500.

Regards,

John
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>Susan,
>
>In addition, to show how a screen reader works, you might want to download a
>30-day-free trial software from AI squared. Go to www.aisquared.com
><http://www.aisquared.com/>  and click on the download site on their home
>page. This free software also shows how an enlarged screen would work.
>
>You'll need to ask for the special computer A/V equipment that plugs into
>your laptop or the computer the workshop folks will provide and get the
>correct equipment so that the computer screen projects onto a large screen
>so that all in the room can see and hear the software. It's pretty neat and
>even a novice like me could use it in a recent training I conducted.
>
>Carol Boyer
>Project Associate
>RESNA Technical Assistance Project
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Carol Boyer [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
>Sent: Tuesday, July 09, 2002 4:28 PM
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: Re: presentation
>
>Dear Susan,
>
>Just go to the WebAIM site (www.webaim.org), which is especially focused on
>higher ed website accessibility. Their brochure at:
>http://www.webaim.org/materials/brochure.php
><http://www.webaim.org/materials/brochure.php>  will give you exactly what
>you need.
>
>Carol Boyer
>Project Associate
>RESNA Technical Assistance Project
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Slaybaugh, Susan K [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
>Sent: Tuesday, July 09, 2002 3:33 PM
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: presentation
>
>Hello all,
>I need your assistance.  I will be presenting a session on accessibility
>issues at a workshop on Thursday.  If you could identify 10 key points to
>get across to faculty as they learn to develop web courses about persons
>with access issues what would they be?  I am considering a demonstration of
>software and hardware but I want to blend that with a little pedagogy.
>Please send me your top ten suggestions so that I can include them in the
>presentation.  BTW.. this is my first presentation on this topic by myself.
>
>Susan K. Slaybaugh,
>Instructional Development Specialist,
>Office for Professional Development,
>755 W. Michigan St.,
>UL1125D,
>Indianapolis, IN 46202.
>Phone:  (317) 274-3104

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