Re: jfw for the blind or visually impaired
- From: "Dave Durber" <d.durber@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 29 Mar 2011 09:24:32 -0500
It is not only the size of the font on the screen which should be taken into
account. The type of visual impairment must also be taken into account. In
addition, the individual should bear in mind, the wear and tear and strain they
are putting on their eyes.
In addition, when reading a screen full of information, a balance must be made
between how long it takes an individual to read the information that is
displayed. For example, if it takes a person with limited vision, who can read
the text on the screen, 20 minutes to read 1 screen full of text in the edit
window of a Word document, how productive is that to the particular individual.
Whereas, in the same 20 minutes, using a screen-reader, depending upon the
speed of the reading voice, the same individual would have access to an
enormous amount of information in comparison. In addition, it is likely, that
the individual would have more comprehension as to what they had read
throughout the 20 minutes using speech than using their eyes to read just one
screen full of information.
Ultimately, it is up to the individual to choose.
However, if they choose to use their eyes to access information in an
employment situation and it takes them a long time to read what is on the
screen, an employer may decide that their productivity is not high enough and
decide to let them go.
Sincerely:
Dave Durber
----- Original Message -----
From: Kimsan Song
To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Wednesday, March 16, 2011 5:18 PM
Subject: jfw for the blind or visually impaired
Hello:
I wanted to post this here seeing as this mailing list gets lots of traffick.
My question is concerning the use of jaws and is the "screen" reader mainly
used for completely blind individuals or partially sighted individuals?
I am not a teacher for the blind, so it is interesting to me when a person is
told due to his or her "lack of vision" jaws will be reccomended. So, the
question raised here is where would a persons vision need to be at in order to
use jaws? If someone can read 20 point font or higher would jaws be necessary?
Any feedback would be appreciated.
Take care.
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