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Assignment

  1. Check out a closed captioned video from the Learning Resource Center. Locate a T.V. in the center and ask how you might turn on the captions so they are available to a student who is deaf in your classroom. If staff is unable to assist you please contact Tom Zeiher ext. 2471, in media services for a demonstration.

  2. Contact Tom Zeiher ext. 2471, in media services to find out where the accessible TV/ VCR's are on campus for accessible closed captioned viewing?

  3. Come to the DSP&S department to see an accessible table and how it can be adapted to student needs.

  4. Come to the Assistive Technology lab to see a demonstration on screen enlargement, text-to-speech, Closed Circuit Television, speech recognition and other software.

  5. Use Internet Explorer to enlarge the Font size while browsing a web page.
    1. Click on the view command
    2. Choose text size
    3. Choose different size fonts to see how the text is displayed on the screen.


    Menu Bar Image - View, Textsize, Select


  6. Open up Microsoft Word. Put away your mouse and navigate the screen with keyboard shortcuts.

On a PC:

  1. Press alt+ F to open the file command
  2. Press P for Print command
  3. Press tab key to move the focus of the cursor within textboxes and on command buttons. Now focus the cursor in the "Print what" textbox.
  4. Press the down arrow to open the drop down list.
  5. Navigate the list with the up and down arrow.
  6. Press Esc key to quit.
  7. Tab to the cancel button to close the dialog box.

    Note:
    You have just experienced how a user who is blind navigates the screen with keyboard shortcuts. A student would also use a screen reader to "hear" where the cursor is located on the screen!

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